The Shale Oil Revolution in the USA – Can it Continue?Maurice B. Dusseault Professor of Geological Engineering, University of Waterloo WISE Member

As one may deduce from a number of recent articles, shale oil in the US (and slightly in Canada) has come to play a remarkable and novel role in the world of oil prices. Although once viewed as a challenging and difficult “unconventional” resource, drilling improvements, hydraulic fracturing improvements, and an “assembly line”…

Here in the Region of Waterloo we are lucky to have a reliable supply of energy - for lighting our homes, charging our phones and fueling our transportation. It’s so reliable that it’s practically invisible. We often don’t recognize its value until the power is out.

Power Shift is an events and communication campaign that sparks conversations about the Region of Waterloo’s relationship with energy. This Earth Week, check out events for children, adults and families hosted by local organizations around Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo and shift how you think about power.

The Energy Council of Canada Energy Policy Research Fellowship will provide $500,000 over 10 years to graduate students engaged in energy policy research. Annual fellowships valued at $15,000 for Master's students and $25,000 for Doctoral students will be awarded to eligible full-time graduate students registered at the University of Waterloo. Students must demonstrate interest in energy policy research defined annually by the Waterloo Institute for…

Iceland is digging world’s deepest geothermal borehole into the heart of a volcano at a depth of 3.10 miles (5 km) to tap renewable energy. The extreme pressure and heat at such depths could derive 30 to 50 MW of electricity from one geothermal well.

Iceland is a world leader in the the use of geothermal energy and produces approximately 26 percent of its electricity from geothermal sources. The installed generation capacity of geothermal power plants totaled 665 MW in 2013 and the production…

The most recent report on renewable energy in the Canadian Arctic by the World Wildlife Fund suggests that it could produce major amounts of emission reductions - as well as cost savings - in five Nunavut communities. (WWF)

A new study from World Wildlife Fund Canada's Arctic Program says that renewable energy is not only possible for the Arctic — it could be cost-effective, as well.

"My biggest takeaway is that renewable [energy sources] in the Arctic are feasible and viable technically…

IQALUIT, Dec. 22, 2016 —Greater than expected cost benefits can be achieved through renewable-energy deployment in select Arctic communities, with savings for Iqaluit of almost $30 million over a 20-year period, research commissioned by WWF-Canada has found.

The study, performed by the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (a leading clean-energy research institute), revealed that deployment of a mix of renewable energy can lead to immense reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and…

Studying the USA Gulf Coast refineries explains something quite simple that probably helps to drive continued interest in the Keystone Pipeline. The Texas Gulf Coast refineries are very good at processing heavy oil. They are currently “undersupplied” with heavy crude because of rapid depletion of the Mexican heavy oil reservoirs and chaos in Venezuela. In the case of Mexico, unexpectedly rapid loss of pressure and solution…

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